You may remember that last week the Lib Dem campaign bus was targeted by environmental group Extinction Rebellion, with a protester dressed as a bee gluing himself to the front.

And it seems the bees have struck again.

Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth, who is on board the Tory campaign bus, says it recently left the JCB factory where Boris Johnson was giving a speech - the PM is not on board the bus at the moment.

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Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, speaking to party activists in Carlisle, criticises austerity - another big part of his campaign.

"In 2010, there was a fundamental change in Britain when the incoming coalition made the political choice of going down the road of austerity," he says.

"That austerity has frozen public sector wages, depressed wage levels in general... and cut local government expenditure."

He says however well local authorities are run, if they don't get enough money from central government "all the bits of glue in the community" like youth clubs and libraries are gone.

Wrapping up his speech, Mr Corbyn tells the crowd: "In the last few hours of this election campaign, with all the foul weather we've had, and all the stuff that has been thrown at us by the Tories and by many of the right wing in the media.

"I simply say this: Go out there with a message, the message of hope and the need for real change in this country."

Reality Check

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As Jeremy Corbyn just made clear, the NHS is a key battleground.

Labour's shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth, who has been making headlines today for that leaked recording, earlier told the BBC that 17,000 NHS beds had been cut under the Conservatives.

So is he right? Our BBC Reality Check team has been taking a look.

The verdict: There are 17,000 fewer NHS England beds since 2010. About half of these are general hospital beds - there has also been a significant reduction in mental health beds. This, though, is part of a long-term trend which has seen a decline in the numbers of beds since the 1980s.

Read more analysis here.

At a rally in Carlisle, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been speaking at length about the NHS, which has been a core part of Labour's campaign message.

He quotes Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the NHS, who said it will last as long as there are folk with faith left to fight for it.

We are those folk, Mr Corbyn says, and pledges to defend the health service when Labour wins power.

His speech is briefly interrupted by a dog which appears to draw attention to itself. "Is the dog OK," Mr Corbyn asks.

"Please nobody mention Iain Duncan Smith again, it upsets the dog," he tells the crowd, prompting a few laughs.

From one party leader to another. Jeremy Corbyn has arrived at a party rally in Carlisle where he is now giving a speech.

He was welcomed by crowds singing "Oh Jeremy Corbyn", and was introduced by the local Labour Party candidate for Carlisle, teacher Ruth Alcroft.

"The best Christmas present we could possibly have is this man in No 10," she says.

Mr Corbyn starts by thanking the activists who are campaigning for the party.

"Our members all over the country are working incredibly hard," he says. "There are more people out campaigning than I think there were in 2017 and with even more determination."

He repeats the Christmas line - "win on Thursday and you get an early Christmas present on Friday" - and begins with one of Labour's core messages, about poverty.

"Fifth richest in the world and we have four million children in poverty," he says.

He then turns his attention to the "uncomfortable" picture yesterday of the four-year-old boy lying on the floor in Leeds General Infirmary which went viral.

"I do not blame the health service... I blame a government which has under-funded the NHS."

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Boris Johnson wraps up his speech and thanks the audience, but he seems unsure where the next stop on the campaign trail is.

The PM says, "I now have to go... somewhere else!" to laughs from the gathered crowd.

After a pause, he adds: "...and take the message of hope to another part of the country!"

For more on the Conservatives' promises, check out our guide to their manifesto.

And here are some others too...

• Labour
• Green
• SNP
• Lib Dems
• Plaid Cymru

The questions for the prime minister are now coming from the media.

First up is again about Jon Ashworth's suggestion that Labour's chance is "dire" in the election.

A Daily Mail reporter says: "He is right isn't he? You're home and dry?

Boris Johnson disagrees and insists it is a "close fought" election, no matter what the polls say.

He warns: "Polls can be wrong and we need to be fighting every vote."

But Mr Johnson does say Mr Ashworth "made a very good point" when criticising Jeremy Corbyn.

He is asked by another reporter what he would do about Brexit if it was a hung Parliament - but he says the only chance to get it done is with a Tory majority. And he isn't going to countenance another outcome.

"It is very hard to see how we do it without a working majority Conservative government," adds the PM.

Speaking of polls, why not check out our poll tracker for the latest on the numbers.

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Boris Johnson mentioned a short time ago that he wanted to lead the "cleanest, greenest government ever".

That ties in with the view of the BBC's environment analyst Roger Harrabin, who says it's been, by far, the greenest campaign in UK election history with parties pledging tougher policies on the environment and climate change.

After 30 years reporting on the sector, Roger thinks that some of the major parties finally have policies that match up to the scale of the challenge.

But not all.

You can find out what each party is proposing here.

Other guides on some of the key issues at this election include:

• What are the parties going to do about Brexit?

• What are the parties offering to the country's 13 million disabled people?
• And what about social care?

After discussing whether MPs should get paid if they continue to block Brexit, a member of the audience says "most of them will get sacked anyway on Thursday".

Boris Johnson laughs at the comment while the audience cheers.

But he is unlikely to want to lose his own colleagues from the Commons come polling day...

Nevertheless, BBC political correspondent Alex Forsyth, who's in the audience, says so far it's been a straightforward Q&A for the Tory leader...

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An audience member asks if HS2 will go forward if Boris Johnson stays in No 10.

The PM admits the cost "could go higher", and says it is "reasonable for any new government to kick the tyres and look at the value".

But he says the country is "woefully under-provided" for when it comes to transport and his "instinct" is he is "inclined" to go ahead with it - even though he wants to save money.

Read more on HS2 here.

Huff Post political editor Paul Waugh says that's the warmest Mr Johnson has been on the topic...

Coming to the end of his speech, Mr Johnson sticks to his mantra about "getting Brexit done", but says the next moves will be key.

"Once we get Brexit done, we can get on with our work of serving you, the British people, and putting your proprieties first."

This includes investment into the NHS, police officers and schools funding.

Mr Johnson adds: "We have a vision for this country. We want to unite it and take it forward.

"We think that talent and genius is evenly distributed throughout this country but we think opportunity is not.

"The way to solve that is to invest in infrastructure, better education and technology."

The PM calls on voters to "reflect on the gravity" of their choice in the election, and calls it a "momentous occassion".

He adds: "I have never known a moment where the choice before us is so clear and so stark."

Worth noting where Boris Johnson is right now - at a facility belonging to JCB.

As one of the journalists from the BBC's political research unit points out, JCB and its owner have previously donated money to the Tories.

The company's chairman, Lord Bamford, is also a vocal Brexiteer.

Boris Johnson is now centre stage as he continues to campaign ahead of Thursday's vote.

The prime minister suggests voters can "get in the cab" of a JCB to drive through the blockage of Brexit by voting for the Conservatives - he did that earlier on, well, sort of...

He says the UK can then go forward, "punching through the current deadlock and achieving a brighter future together".

Mr Johnson then brings up the leaked video of shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth, where he appears to say Labour cannot win the election.

"Jon Ashworth says the reason they are failing to persuade people to vote for [Jeremy Corbyn] is he is blocking Brexit," says the PM.

"He is absolutely right."

Mr Johnson says Labour's Brexit plan is "ludicrous" and would be "disastrous for our country".

That plan, you'll remember, is to negotiate a new withdrawal deal with Brussels then put it back to the people in another referendum.

And on Mr Ashworth, he has said the remarks he made were "banter".

Chancellor Sajid Javid is Boris Johnson's warm-up man in Staffordshire.

He says the country should vote for Boris Johnson to "end the paralysis in Parliament" and "get Brexit done" - that phrase once again.

He also says the Tories will then focus on the "people's priorities", such as the NHS, schools and police officers.

If people back Jeremy Corbyn, he adds, they will be "guaranteed an economic crisis".

Read more about what it might really mean to "get Brexit done" and why it's not as straightforward as simply implementing a withdrawal deal - one devised by Mr Johnson or indeed anyone else.

A little earlier, we showed you the unexpected sight of a video of Boris Johnson driving a Union-flag themed JCB through a through a fake wall saying “gridlock” in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

Now you can take a closer look in the pictures below as we await a stump speech from the Tory leader.

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Newsnight

As we've been saying, much focus in the last 24 hours or so has been on a photo of a small boy asleep on the floor of a busy hospital.

There were reports though, which went viral, that the photo was fake. They were contained in a Facebook post.

The post, written in the first person, claimed the poster had a good friend who was a senior nurse at Leeds Hospital who knew the picture of the boy had been staged by his mother.

However, Dr Yvette Oade, chief medical officer at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, confirmed there were no beds available because the hospital was "extremely busy" and apologised to the boy's family.

BBC Newsnight has since spoken to the owner of the Facebook account who claims they pasted the post from elsewhere.

The owner, who has subsequently taken down their account, said they received a Facebook friend request on Monday afternoon from someone claiming to be an old school friend.

The account owner, who is in their 50s, said they did not recognise the person but accepted the friend request anyway.

The account owner says they then looked at their new friend’s Facebook page, saw the message regarding the hospital and copied and pasted it into their own account.

The owner said the way the post suddenly went viral makes them suspect they were the victim of a co-ordinated ploy. They have taken down their social media accounts and say they have reported what happened to the Met’s cyber crime unit.

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There are 13 million disabled people in the UK, plus their friends and family, the political parties have a huge community to court.

And on mental health, one pledge unites five of the seven main parties: to put mental health care on an equal footing to that of physical health.

Find out what is being offered to disabled voters and to tackle mental health issues.

Other BBC guides to key issues include:

• Why the NHS matters in this general election
• Where do the parties stand on climate change?

• What are they going to do about Brexit?

Sky News

The father of Jack Merritt, who was killed in a knife attack at London Bridge last month, has been speaking about the pain of losing his son and how Boris Johnson saw it as "an opportunity" instead of "a tragedy".

In an interview with Sky News' Beth Rigby, David Merritt called his 25-year-old son "an exceptional person" who could see the contrast between his life and how a lot of prisoners had experienced their lives.

Jack Merritt had been attending a prisoner rehabilitation event when he was attacked by Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist.

Saskia Jones, aged 23, was also killed in the attack.

"Instead of seeing a tragedy, Boris Johnson saw an opportunity, and he went on the offensive and started talking about extending the tariff for prisoners serving sentences with a maximum of 25 years," Mr Merritt said.

Reacting to the comments, a spokesperson for Mr Johnson told Sky News: "The prime minister has expressed his deepest condolences to Mr Merritt for his tragic loss - an experience no family should have to go through.

"The prime minister's view remains it is 'extraordinary and wrong' that Khan had been released halfway through his prison sentence and has long argued that sentencing should be tougher for violent and extremist offenders."

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A bit more from Jo Swinson at her rally in Bath. The Lib Dem leader claims her party is "in the position in so many parts of the country where we can stop Boris Johnson" and "win seats from the Conservatives".

"Not just in places where Liberal Democrats have previously been strong," she says. "But also in places where we have previously been far behind.

"And we are all going to look with interest as we watch the results come in and we look at what happens in North East Somerset and we look at what happens in Esher and Walton and we look at what happens in Finchley and Golders Green.

"Former Tory strongholds where Liberal Democrats are challenging."

Somerset North East and Esher and Walton, by the way, are held by Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dominic Raab respectively,

In Finchley and Golders Green, Conservative Mike Freer is up against Lib Dem Luciana Berger and Labour's Ross Houston.

That leaked recording of shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has been dominating the headlines so far today.

You can listen below to an extract from that conversation, which was leaked to and published by political website Guido Fawkes.